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Strengthening capacity for advocacy in food systems of the poor
… to shape development sector policy. But agency is rarely talked about in relation to capacity strengthening.  The definition of capacity … to focus on strengthening skills and knowledge, whereas agency is about fostering independent action and free choices.  In this paper we …
Publication, 08 December 2020
Workshop participants were briefed on the climate negotiating priorities of the Least Developed Countries (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
Negotiators from developing countries get skills boost ahead of UN climate talks
… by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and Oxford Climate Policy . The workshop opened with a session led … just diving into the negotiations. He said the briefings prepared by IIED for LDC negotiators helped them to build their skills: "Actually we … not supported by IIED. I think that's the point we need to recognise about this initiative. It would have been really a very big vacuum from …
News, 13 November 2017
A hippo in Murchison Falls National Park in Uganda. IIED is helping the Uganda Wildlife Authority to address wildlife crime through community engagement (Photo: Mirko Eggert, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Park action plans: increasing community engagement in tackling wildlife crime
… Previous IIED-led research showed that while poverty is one driver of poaching … wildlife trade (IWT), many people poach because they are angry about human-wildlife conflict or because there are no other ways of … of UWA's Community Conservation Unit to support them. What did IIED do? During this four-year project IIED and partners: Supported …
Project, 30 October 2017
Renewable energy has a place to play in providing energy access to small farms (Photo via Google reuse rights))
Calling all energy and agriculture experts: meet, talk and collaborate
… scale up energy supply to rural areas, while others get fired up about the potential and risks of bioenergy. And everyone's getting excited about new technologies and services for poor households, from … world – have been neglected. Sarah Best, a senior researcher at IIED, digs deeper into this unturned ground in her latest research paper …
Insight, 29 April 2014
Aerial view of informal housing.
Data to drive informal settlement upgrading. Who generates it – and who owns it?
… This is the latest in a  series of blogs and interviews , curated by IIED senior fellow David Satterthwaite , examining different aspects of … Federation (NSDF) in India and co-founder of SDI, was very clear about how the different actors engaged in urban development had … for the Promotion of Area Resource Centres (SPARC) in 1985. Data about pavement dwellers led to advocacy for their rights and …
Insight, 03 March 2022
An ecosan toilet in Mtandire settlement (Photo: Slum/Shack Dwellers International)
Achieving universal sanitation: Sharing the experience of the SDI affiliate in Blantyre, Malawi
… Water Week in Stockholm to present at a SHARE meeting organised by IIED with WaterAid and UNICEF. This was a chance to share their work on … MPs in representing Blantyre's residents. The federation's knowledge about local settlements is valued both by local government and the … year it was different. Community leaders were asking council about where they get the money." The third year of this participatory …
Insight, 27 October 2014
This barrio in Guatemala has no running water or sewers. The country receives abundant rainfall, but lacks infrastructure to deliver water to households (Photo: David Amsler, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Can natural capital accounting increase water access?
… access. In many cases conflicts arising over water are not so much about scarcity but about political and institutional issues. For example, overlapping … Law, Policy and Science in Dundee has shown. Ina Porras (ina.porras@iied.org) is a senior researcher in the Sustainable Markets Group at …
Insight, 05 April 2016
Logging trucks in Ghana: legislation requires that to charge stumpage fees on harvested timber at levels that keep the timber industry under control (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Communities stumped as government fails to make loggers pay
… timber sustainably, any economist will tell you that it's all about the right incentives. After under-pricing led to over-harvesting … decisions to 'save jobs' in the industry have trumped concerns about whether fees are adequate and collected. The consequences have … which are part of the Forest Governance Learning Group facilitated by IIED, has developed and used a range of tactics which enable civil …
Insight, 19 March 2015
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PLA Notes 41: General Issue
… predation in villages around Waza National Park in Cameroon. A paper about the challenges faced by a multidisciplinary PLA programme on the … UK, formed a lobby group to prevent a clinic closing. An article about a project in Tanzania that employed 'field neighbours', people who … proposals. The Tips for Trainers section features extracts from the IIED Forestry and Land Use Programme's book 'Forestry tactics: Lessons …
Publication, 01 June 2001
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Digital technologies for an inclusive, low-carbon future that puts people first
… bottom-up, integrated approach to digital technologies to help bring about an inclusive, low-carbon future.  …
Publication, 22 February 2021